Ian MacAulay (Ottawa, ON) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, MacAulay lost 4-3 to Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC), then responded with a 6-2 win over Ghyslain Richard (Quebec, QC). MacAulay won 5-1 against Josh Adams (Ottawa, ON). MacAulay went on to lose 7-2 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). MacAulay responded with a 6-4 win over Mike Jakubo (Sudbury, NONT). MacAulay went on to lose 5-3 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, MacAulay did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 95th to 98th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 11.275 total points. MacAulay ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.375 points earned so far this season.